News from April 2021
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s hearing on securing America’s wireless networks.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 24.
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded committee passage of their Ukraine Security Partnership Act. This legislation increases and improves U.S. military support to Ukraine, and sends a message that the United States will continue to support the people of Ukraine, their ability to defend themselves, and the country’s democratic transition.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers on Tuesday removed a man to Mexico where he was wanted for homicide and who was considered a public safety threat in the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, “Leading the Wireless Future: Securing American Network Technology:"
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC) from today’s hearing entitled, “Sustainable Wastewater Infrastructure: Measures to Promote Resiliency and Climate Adaptation and Mitigation":
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced additional details today on the fully remote hearing the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold on Thursday, April 29, at 11 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2022 EPA Budget." Last week, the two Committee leaders announced that EPA Administrator Michael Regan will testify.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C -Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered the following remarks about the urgent need to extend the emergency scheduling on fentanyl analogues. She urged Democrats to work with Republicans for a permanent solution-not just a temporary extension-to stop the scourge of fentanyl-related overdoses and deaths.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers released the following statement on President Joe Biden’s climate summit and expected announcement regarding the Paris Climate Accord.
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO):. DRL FY20 IRF Promoting and Defending Religious Freedom Inclusive of Atheist, Humanist, Non-Practicing and Non-Affiliated Individuals. This is the announcement of funding opportunity...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C -Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered the following remarks about the urgent need to extend the emergency scheduling on fentanyl analogues. She urged Democrats to work with Republicans for a permanent solution-not just a temporary extension-to stop the scourge of fentanyl-related overdoses and deaths.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today released legislation - the Lower Costs, More Cures Act - to lower drug costs for Americans without limiting access to cures.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Nicholas Andrew Travis, age 33, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Omaha by United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher to 151 months’ imprisonment for Receipt of Child Pornography. There is no parole in the federal system. After...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced additional details today on the fully remote hearing the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold on Thursday, April 29, at 11 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2022 EPA Budget." Last week, the two Committee leaders announced that EPA Administrator Michael Regan will testify.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) during today’s committee markup to consider the committee’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Views and Estimates. Video of DeFazio’s opening statement is here. A livestream of the markup can be found here.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: BISMARCK, ND - Before they fill the first bucket of dirt this construction season, Wagner Construction Inc. will train employees on trenching and excavation hazards, develop detailed site-specific safety plans and has employed a full-time safety manager to protect workers from deadly excavation hazards.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and John Thune (R-SD) introduced bipartisan legislation to help ensure the federal government can compete with the private sector to employ experts in the artificial intelligence...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s hearing on securing America’s wireless networks.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, April 20, 2021. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making available up to $5.6 million for states and Tribal governments to further develop and implement Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) management and response activities in wild and farmed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Ocean County, New Jersey man today admitted operating an illegal lottery and failing to pay more than $65,000 in federal taxes on his earnings from the scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
